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Monday, November 9th, 2015

Strategic Partnership Inked with World Space Risk Forum

Paris, Washington D.C., Montreal, Yokohama, November 9, 2015 — Euroconsult today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the World Space Risk Forum (WSRF) whereby Euroconsult will assist in the WSRF’s commitment to the creation of a comprehensive platform for the global space risk community.

Friday, November 6th, 2015

Sentinel-3A Set for Launch

November 6, 2015 — Sentinel-3A’s preparation is finished and the satellite will soon be shipped to the Russian Cosmodrome of Plesetsk, in Northern Russia for its launch on top of a Rockot planned end of this year.

Thursday, November 5th, 2015

CyberCity 3D Creates 3D Interactive Maps to Help Cities Visualise their Future

Swindon, UK, November 5, 2015 — CyberCity 3D, the smart 3D building expert, has developed a 3D Smart Cities mapping platform to help municipal authorities and planners visualise their towns and cities in 3D.  Existing and future city plans, proposed developments and schemes, can all be visualised together with relevant data using a simple, out-of-the-box solution, with streaming to

Wednesday, November 4th, 2015

FAA Administrator Opens UAS Registration Meeting

November 4, 2015 – FAA Administrator Opens UAS Registration Meeting. FAA Administrator Michael Huerta Remarks as prepared:

Wednesday, November 4th, 2015

Young GIS Professionals Encouraged to Apply to URISA’s Vanguard Cabinet

Des Plaines, IL, November 4, 2015 — URISA is pleased to announce the availability of the 2016 Vanguard Cabinet application. Applications are due by November 30, 2015.

Wednesday, November 4th, 2015

Global Mapper and GM LiDAR SDKs v17 Released with Power Line Extraction and 3D Point Styles

Hallowell, Maine, November 4, 2015 — Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 17 of the Global Mapper Base Software Development Kit (SDK) along with the Global Mapper LiDAR Module SDK. This update, released in conjunction with version 17 of the standard version of Global Mapper, includes numerous data processing

Wednesday, November 4th, 2015

URISA Leaders Recognized at GIS-Pro & NWGIS 2015

Des Plaines, IL , November 4, 2015 — Nearly 450 GIS professionals – from 37 states, 3 Canadian provinces, and 8 countries – recently convened in Spokane, Washington for GIS-Pro & NWGIS 2015. One of the highlights of the conference was the Awards Breakfast, during which a number of URISA leaders were recognized for their

Wednesday, November 4th, 2015

OGC Seeks Participants for International GeoPackage Elevation Data Interoperability Experiment

November 4, 2015 —The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announces a Call for Participation (CFP) in the OGC GeoPackage (GPKG) Elevation Extension Interoperability Experiment (GPKG-EE IE).

Wednesday, November 4th, 2015

Call for Papers for the Esri UK 2016 Annual Conference Now Open

Aylesbury, November, 4, 2015 — Esri UK is pleased to invite proposals for presentations for its 2016 Annual Conference to be held on Tuesday 17th May, at the QEII Conference Centre, in London.

Wednesday, November 4th, 2015

GEO Unleashes the Power of Open Data in Mexico City, November 9 – 13

Geneva, November 4, 2015 — Hosted by the Government of Mexico, the intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO) will convene its international Plenary and Ministerial Summit on 9-13 November in Mexico City.